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SEM_GETVALUE(3) FreeBSD Library Functions Manual SEM_GETVALUE(3)
NAMEsem_getvalue -- get the value of a semaphore
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS#include <semaphore.h>
intsem_getvalue(sem_t*restrictsem, int*restrictsval);
DESCRIPTION
The sem_getvalue() function sets the variable pointed to by sval to the
current value of the semaphore pointed to by sem, as of the time that the
call to sem_getvalue() is actually run.
RETURN VALUES
The sem_getvalue() function returns the value 0 if successful; otherwise
the value -1 is returned and the global variable errno is set to indicate
the error.
ERRORS
The sem_getvalue() function will fail if:
[EINVAL] The sem argument points to an invalid semaphore.
SEE ALSOsem_post(3), sem_trywait(3), sem_wait(3), sem(4)STANDARDS
The sem_getvalue() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1996
(``POSIX.1'').
The value of the semaphore is never negative, even if there are threads
blocked on the semaphore. POSIX is somewhat ambiguous in its wording
with regard to what the value of the semaphore should be if there are
blocked waiting threads, but this behavior is conformant, given the word-
ing of the specification.
FreeBSD 10.2 February 15, 2000 FreeBSD 10.2